Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-18
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This Remarkable Story of tho Physical
Metamorphosis of Mills Rosa Fear.

Ths Remarksble Story of tho Physical
Metamorphosis of dIss Rosa Fear.
The remarkable story OF Kittie Russell,
of the Boston Globe, is much less re-
marksble than that of Commissioner
Charles Fear, who walked the streets of
Boston few days ago, and whose rels-
tives live in this city. School Commits
sioner Charles Fear lives at Ripley, n.
Y. He is we'll educated, as indicated by
his official sposition, and is young
man apparently about thirty years OF age,
of slight build and of feminine cast OF
festuge. He is man highly esteemed
by his neighbors and fellow-citiz9ns, and
although at one time very sensitive touch
ing his peculiar career, he has now
learned TO hear his own story without
taking offense, for which reason all the
names and places connected with his
history are given that they be verified
by eny who doubt the accuracy CT this
strange tale.
Commissioner Charles Fear was once
the betrothed wife of Herbert C0YelI,
and YVES the belle Of the little village Of
Ripley, N. Y. The following are the facts
OF the metsmorphosIs:
Ripley is small town nesr the state
line thet divides New York and tPanneyl-
vaDia. There lived Hon. James W, BaX-
ter. Near by the Baxter farm YVES
small farm owned By one o ven Fear,
who had quite number Of young chill
dren. One of these WAS Ross, VITO,
after graduating 81 the grammar school
of the: town, went out TO service and
found a congenisl position in tie family
of Mr.. Baxter. In that pleasant home she
lived for some years, and it wss while
there she earned the love OF Il lroert Lu-
cius Covell, now G. clergyman and living
in ST. Paul, MIN. Farmer Baxter gave
the young man the run of his house. and
when the question had been popped and
Miss Rosa Fear had promised to become
Mrs Covell in the spring, he insisted that
the wedding should take place st his
house.
The marriage day was but four months
OFF when s great change was observed in
Miss Rosa. she VINO was the bright and
Vivacious village belle became Gull and
Respondent, and without any apparent
reason. Her lover was as fsithfal
and as true as ever, and her friends
were kind snd loving as OF Old, bat
! Miss ROSE stunned the society which
she had previously courted, aud went
about her household duties IS though
ourdened with some great trouble. Her
strange conduct wss noticed by q visitor
a. the Baxter homestead, surgeon, DR..
4. a. Freeman, now lawyer as well as g
/ physician, and chairman OF the Erie
county Republican committee. He lives
at East Seventh street, Ecie, Pa. Hiss
| Fear
WAS MUCH P6RTUABED
over DR.. Freeman's notice of her, and
one morning she was missing. Search
wss m .de, but Rosa could not be found
anywhere. All her clothes were left be-
mind, but suit of clothes that had been
! Ia DE-. Freemsn's trunk bad Deep re
moved. The apparel lett behind oy thC
young woman showed that she had moi
taken SO much as sn apron OF her ward
robe, and after visiting some weeks IN tbs
hope that the mystery wOul6
be cleared up, the conviction
forced. itself upon the mind:
Of ell tifzt Rosa had eIoped with come
unknown swain, and had concealed hel
identity IN mans attire. People CT tht
village We're losth to cast reproach upoI
the name of such an amiable girl, but thc
stern evidence Of her disgrsceful figh
+ and the larceny Of the Doctors sui
could not be gainsaid, and before th'
| time came around when v1roftu p 1sa Fen